Worst years for a Ford Escape Hybrid
Owners have filed 2,267 complaints about the Ford Escape Hybrid with NHTSA across model years 2005 to 2025. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.
Avoid
2020 Ford Escape Hybrid367 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.
Cleanest on record
2010 Ford Escape Hybrid73 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Ford Escape Hybrid year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 2024 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | Electrical System |
| 2023 | C | 32 | 2 | 0 | 6,425 | Electrical System |
| 2022 | C | 87 | 7 | 4 | 57,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2021 | C | 150 | 2 | 3 | 37,151 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2020 | D | 367 | 3 | 3 | 26,000 | Body & Structure |
| 2013 | B | 10 | 3 | 0 | 93,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2012 | C | 20 | 5 | 0 | 36,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2011 | B | 47 | 4 | 0 | 77,000 | Steering |
| 2010 | A | 73 | 5 | 0 | 70,315 | Steering |
| 2009 | C | 194 | 7 | 4 | 86,500 | Steering |
| 2008 | C | 584 | 18 | 1 | 90,500 | Brakes |
| 2007 | B | 156 | 1 | 2 | 89,000 | Brakes |
| 2006 | C | 305 | 7 | 1 | 105,000 | Brakes |
| 2005 | C | 237 | 5 | 0 | 105,000 | Brakes |
What breaks on a Ford Escape Hybrid
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2005
Worst in 2008
Exactly what failed on a Ford Escape Hybrid
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Ford Escape Hybrid, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Ford Escape Hybrid problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Ford Escape Hybrid
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.